Extend Millionaire’s Tax
Governor Andrew Cuomo deserves a thumbs up for managing to deliver the state’s first on-time budget in years. However, he deserves a thumbs down for failing to include in the budget an extension of the “Millionaire’s Tax.”

‘The Nudge’ and the renaming of the Pitt St. pool
Last week’s Clayton’s Page, about Lower East Side photographer Daniel Stein, noted how documentarian Patterson and Stein first teamed up to photograph community activist Sammy “The Nudge” Fleischer. Fleischer was a unique individual, and the story of him and the pool that briefly bore his name is unique, as well.

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N.Y.U. gets O.K. for Silver Towers modification plan
By Albert Amateau
The Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved New York University’s proposed changes and restorations of the landscape and lighting of the I.M. Pei-designed Silver Towers landmarked complex on the university’s south superblock.

Gerson leads group saying it can restore full-service hospital
By Albert Amateau
Former City Council member Alan Gerson and Arthur Schwartz, an attorney and member of Community Board 2, are among a group working to organize a full-service, acute-care hospital and emergency room in Greenwich Village to replace the bankrupt, shuttered St. Vincent’s Hospital.

Some spurn tall SPURA buildings as GOLES splits By Lesley Sussman
Community Board 3’s Land Use, Zoning, Public and Private Housing Committee resumed its discussion of urban design issues for the future Seward Park Urban Renewal Area at a stormy meeting marked by some committee members’ sharp criticism of aspects of the design.

Grand St. goes electric, adds car-charging stations
By Aline Reynolds
Many New Yorkers avoid owning or renting cars, since it is often considered more of a hassle than an advantage. But that may change soon as electric vehicles begin to creep into the mass consumer market.

Don Hill, owner of rock outpost in Hudson SquareBy Lincoln Anderson
Don Hill, whose eponymously named club in Hudson Square was a bastion of rock ’n’ roll in a gentrifying Downtown scene, died last Thursday at age 66. According to Martin Sheridan, owner of the nearby Ear Inn bar, Hill suddenly collapsed. He reportedly died either at an East Side hospital or on his way to it.

New gallery champions the art of quiltingBY SCOTT STIFFLER
Some guests drank wine, nibbled on cheese and chatted amiably. Others lingered in front of a particular work of art — marveling at its beauty and contemplating its meaning. That could be an apt description of any given springtime night on the gallery scene.

When Queer Means UtopiaBY STEVE ERICKSON
In the past, I’ve thought that out gay Portuguese director João Pedro Rodrigues was making the kind of films Pedro Almodóvar might be doing if he didn’t have an eye on the international box office.